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tetraethyl lead

British  

/ ˌtɛtrəˈiːθaɪl lɛd /

noun

1. Systematic name: lead tetraethyl.  a colourless oily insoluble liquid used in petrol to prevent knocking. Formula: Pb(C 2 H 5 ) 4

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tetraethyl lead Scientific  

/ tĕt′rə-ĕth′əl /

1. A colorless, poisonous, oily liquid, formerly in wide use as an antiknock agent in gasoline for internal-combustion engines. Chemical formula: C ₈ H ₂₀ Pb.

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She noted that the fuel and vehicle industries' rush to adopt tetraethyl lead, despite its grave public health implications, led to tremendous damage.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2021

Similarly, several decades later, the introduction of tetraethyl lead into gasoline raised environmental concerns, but was tolerated as a necessary lubricant for the adoption of the internal combustion engine.

From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2018

As Americans took to the road during the postwar boom in car travel, the amount of tetraethyl lead in the nation’s air and soil rapidly increased.

From Time ● Jun. 28, 2016

GM marketers would later call lead “a gift from God,” and tetraethyl lead would be used for the next 50 years in American gasoline—despite early concerns.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2015

What he needed was a way to compare lead levels in the atmosphere now with the levels that existed before 1923, when tetraethyl lead was introduced.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson